More and more personal trainers we know were doing longer and longer hours and they were left drained by it all by the end of the day. Increasing numbers of them were also being asked for more and more money just to be able to work in the premises.

Now though more of them are running Group Octathalon training sessions and at the end of the day they are running through an Octathalon course themselves just for the fun of it. In addition to that they are all earning far more than they used to.

Why & How …you may well ask.

Having 12 or more people in a group, where people work in pairs and the trainer walks around as a facilitator, is actually much easier than 1:1 personal training. It gives you a higher hourly rate and it taps into a bigger market as more people can afford your services. People really like working together and they like encouraging each other especially if it is towards a common, and easily measurable, goal like an Octathalon event. The fun atmosphere is enjoyed by the Octathalon trainers and that goes on to invigorate them in their work. We really do find our trainers going on to do their training at the end of a long day.

In addition to that, our Octathalon trainers have found that some people who are doing these sessions go on to ask them to do some 1:1 work with them as well.

Why not have a look at the trainer section on this website. Joining is easy and is a one off cost of £25 for which you get a full license and a guidebook to help you start. Go on to form your own online group and you can earn even more. We have lots of free marketing support on this site to help you get started.

The Octathalon has been designed to
benefit everyone, not just physically but financially as well if you
want that option.

It is possible
for any member to start their own on line group and become a
Motivator and to start earning money.

As a motivator, the more new members
you get to join your on line group, the more money you can make. This
can be for your club, yourselves &/or your family or even for
your charity.

All you need to do is to start getting friends, or people you know to join your group, and you start getting immediate funds. Any
sport, any organisation, any business, any group, anyone can join and
start getting fitter & healthier with the Octathalon. When these people start their own groups you will still earn money. Find out how .........Click here.

As a member you can select from over 70
short training videos (over 5 hours of different exercises &
exercise sequences) we have produced so that they can then be
download them on to your ipod, iphone or other compatible video player. They are all
graded with the same Octathalon grades where the black grade videos
are the hardest both physically, mentally and technically.

These are not just exercises, they aresequences of exercises and they are all done by Jacqui Macquisten –
a 4 times National Octathalon champion. They are non stop sequencesso you can see they have been fully done. This makes them true videos
which do not come edited and done by actors or non athletes so it
gives you the faith in them that they can be all actually be done. There is no annoying talking on the videos either - just action for you to copy so you do not need to have any sound on when it is playing.

The aim is to complete the whole
sequence of exercises which is always shown at the end of each short
video. Before that end sequence though is the build up to it and this
build up helps you learn the sequence. However that ‘build up’ in
some cases is designed to be tricky and to catch you out so watch
carefully as the sequence unfolds.

In every case only 4 reps of each
exercise are done and moderate weights are used in some cases. If you
do not think these are tough enough or that they are too tough, you
can add or reduce the reps and weights. This way you can find your
favourites and do them again and again whilst improving all the time.

The Octathalon was designed to appeal
to people across a wide age range. If you like competition you will
be able to compete at all ages against those from your same age
category, if you just want to enjoy your training more and get more
out of that, the Octathalon can and will help you in many other ways
as well.

Juniors up to the age of 18 have graded
Octathalon courses from the Yellow grade up to the Black grade. As
they get better at one grade, their trainer can grade them up to the
next grade course.

Seniors have their own Octathalon
course which will let them still be able to compete and work out with
the Octathalon into their 80’s and beyond.

The Power of 8 is a ranking database. It holds everyones times for the Octathalon courses.

Just click on one selection from each of the 8
categories and the World Rankings
for your selection automatically appear.

There are 15 Octathalon courses each with the same exercises done in the same order but with different distances, weights and repetitions. Have a look at the courses menu to see which might be the best one for you to start off on.

The Duos and the Quatros are just smaller segments of the Octathalon course and they offer a great way to start training to go on to do a full course.

Everyone knows that training with a
goal in mind brings better results, which is why many people set out
to train for goals like running a marathon. There are many goals that
can be found in the fitness world but the difficulty is to find one
that suitable for you and your body type.

Not everyone has a body suited for long
& lengthy endurance work so the Octathalon has set out to provide
a set of goals for those people who do not have the time, or the
body, suited to the longer distance workouts.

The Club and Cup courses can take
around 15mins to do after a bit of training and these are two of the
more common courses that are run at Octathalon events. What many
people are beginning to also enjoy are the pairs events where each
person chooses to do just four of the exercises. How you divide up
which of the four each of you do is totally up to you, it is just
still raced in the same exercise order. Clubs can run events against
other local clubs and your Octathalon trainer can & will arrange
these. Members find it is a great way to meet other likeminded people
in your area & personal trainers find it a great way to advertise
their work as local papers will nearly always publish the results.

The Ultra-Octathalon pairs event is for
mixed pairs only and this gives people a chance to race with their
partner against another couple.

What members have quickly discovered
about how rewarding the Octathalon can be is that it complements
other sports very well and with the increased fitness levels
Octathalon racing can bring, people find they begin to excel more in
those other sports.

The 8 exercises may seem easy to do at
first glance, but after your first run through of an Octathalon
course you will quickly see how challenging it really is. It is all
about knowing your right pace for your current level of fitness and
as that changes all the time, getting the pace right on race day is
the key. This leads to tension filled races where you never quite
know who is going to win and who has prepared better. This means that
better preparation can often mean being able to beat the better
natural athlete.

Have a look at the times others in your
age category have done on the Power of 8 ranking list

Research is
showing that short, intense workouts, typically like
interval training and high repetition weight training, gets you
better results than longer non stop endurance workouts. A person burns calories
for up to 2 hours after a short sharp interval workout as opposed to
an endurance session where calories stop being burnt up when the
session stops.

With short sharp intense
workouts your body gets efficient at converting carbohydrates into
glucose and glycogen which in turn prepares it for future short
intense sessions like lifting weights or sprinting. In addition to
that your heart and lungs get bigger and stronger after short intense
workouts.

With low intensity
endurance workouts your body becomes efficient at converting
carbohydrates to body fat which in turn prepares it for future long
distance sessions. In summary, research now
says that if you do short, sharp cardiovascular interval work with
high repetition weights sessions, you will burn more calories, reduce
fat storage and get bigger and stronger lungs. Continue to do this
and you will get fitter faster .

People are all different. Some have bodies that are better suited to long
distance 10km + runs, and others short distance. The 15 Octathalon courses were developed so
that all body types could be covered and so that one in particular will be
right for you.

Find out which Octathalon course
is best for you and you are likely to get better than normal results. This site is designed to
help motivate you to get those best results.

Have a
look at the courses. You will soon find one that is
a good one for you to start with. This may be the best one for you,
however it is quite possible that, as your fitness levels improve,
you will find another course that is even more appropriate. This site offers some excellent membership benefits - click here to see some more

Increase your customers Fitness levels

The Octathalon, because of the nature of the transitions and the format of the course, brings on fitness faster than almost all other forms of exercise. Train to do it well and you can bring about unexpected levels of fitness in almost everybody. Learn more…….

Deliver measurable results

The Octathalon gives you a great way to measure accurate levels of fitness over time. Whether you are looking to produce champions or whether you are just looking to help people achieve their goals, the time a person does an Octathalon course is one of the best indicators of fitness there is. Click for more details…..

Earn more

By running the group personal training Octathalon sessions you will considerably increase your hourly rate of income. Click for more details…..

Gain and keep more clients

The Octathalon gets you more 1:1 work. We help you build your own on line group and give you help in promoting your Octathalon classes and events. Click for more details…..

Have even more fun

Our trainers keep reporting back to us that running group Octathalon sessions are just so much more fun to do than any other aspect of personal training or coaching. Click for more details…..

Become the first Octathalon Trainer in your Town/City and gain sole rights

By signing up as a new Octathalon Trainer in your own Town or City, you will
get the rights to run the Local Octathalon League. Any other trainer who
wants to start running the lucrative Group Octathalon Training
Sessions, and any other team from any club in that area, will then have to sign up under your name.
All leagues and teams will be an automatic operation in the next
website development phase. If you do not want to lose out, register now
and reserve the rights to your area. Click here to learn more

How do I start?

It is easy. Become a member of this website (£15 +VAT) - then click on a 'Register as a Trainer' button. This will take you through a quick set of questions & will cost a one off price of £25 to start. This is currently a discounted price and it will rise to £75. This includes your license which lasts as long as you maintain your personal trainer insurance and it includes tips, advice and guidelines on running Group Octathalon training sessions, running events and many other features. The cost also includes a Yellow License Trainer guide that will be sent to you will all the tip and guidelines you need to run the sessions and events effectively. Learn more………

Your first Octathalon group training session can cover your costs.

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INTERVAL TRAINING

Are you racing the clock? No time for long training
sessions?

At the same time would you like to increase your sporting
performances?

When training your energy systems, it is done best when you have a controlled
environment. Work with a stationary bike, or a rower or a treadmill and it is
easier to get a more precise training session than when working outdoors.

Athletes know that if they get they get their interval
training wrong they will lose performance but if they get it right there are
huge gains to be had.

There are lots of variables to get right. What to do and
when? How many intervals should you do? What intensity should they all be? What
rest periods, what exertion levels and what variations should be planned in as
part of the same session?

Get these things wrong and you can easily be under training
or over training and that will mean that all your work will just be a waste of time.

For many of us nowadays who lead busy lives, and who are
time poor - this type of training could be the answer.

It is a proven, time efficient workout that gets results
FAST and can be performed in just 30 minutes!

As you become fitter you can increase the intensity of the
workout rather than the volume and it won't be long before you will see
your times getting faster and you will start to look leaner too.

If you need some ideas with your interval training then
there are plenty of these types of workouts in our members area. Some of us
like to have something to just follow and do. We don't always have the
time to plan our own training sessions and maybe we cannot afford a
personal trainer so, if that is you, then sign up and give them a go.

Preparations are underway for an event that will run over the Octathalon Sprint Course & the Rock Octathalon Course. For those interested in competing you will need to have done some times for these course and entered them in your profile page.

Best of luck with this - they are hard to do fast.

We have over 80 videos on this website for members and several of them are viewable to non members as well.